Kevin Lee Sun - Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (2024) Hi-Res

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Title: Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Navona
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / FLAC 24 Bit (96 KHz / tracks)
Total Time: 63:31 min
Total Size: 197 / 553 MB
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Tracklist:

01. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Theme. With Determination
02. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 1, Weaving. Delicate but Firm
03. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 2, With Firmness
04. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 3, Slightly Slower, with Expressive Nuances
05. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 4, Marcato
06. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 5, Dreamlike, Frozen
07. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 6, Same Tempo As Beginning
08. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 7, Lightly, Impatiently
09. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 8, With Agility, Not Too Much Pedal, Crisp
10. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 9, Evenly
11. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 10, Comodo, Recklessly
12. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 11, Like Fragments of an Absent Melody, in Strict Time
13. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 12
14. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 13
15. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 14, A Bit Faster, Optimistically
16. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 15, Flexible, Like an Improvisation
17. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 16, Same Tempo As Preceding, with Fluctuations, Much Pedal
18. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 17, Left Hand Strictly, Right Hand Freely, Roughly As in Space
19. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 18
20. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 19, With Energy
21. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 20, Crisp, Precise
22. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 21, Relentless, Uncompromising
23. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 22
24. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 23, As Fast As Possible, with Some Rubato
25. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 24
26. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 25, With Fluctuations
27. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 26, In a Militant Manner
28. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 27, Tenderly, and with a Hopeful Expression
29. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 28
30. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 29
31. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 30
32. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 31
33. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 32
34. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 33
35. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 34
36. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 35
37. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Var. 36
38. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Theme. Tempo primo

Kevin Lee Sun delivers an electrifying call to action in THE PEOPLE UNITED, a monumental set of 36 variations by the late American composer Frederic Rzewski. Derived from a global lineage of inspiration, the theme originated in Chile when the composer Sergio Ortega heard the soul-stirring chant of a street singer in Santiago, months before the 1973 Chilean coup d’etat. Inspired in turn by Ortega’s music and Chile’s upheavals, Rzewski combined the chant with revolutionary songs from various cultures to deliver a clear message of solidarity in his 1975 hour-long masterpiece, eponymously named The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

Recorded in 2023, fifty years after Chile’s coup d’etat, Sun’s interpretation reckons with the historical weight of Rzewski’s variations. His strikingly dynamic and empathetic playing seeks to re-center the suffering and heroism of the Chilean people at the core of the musical narrative. Rather than pooling the lived experiences of the Chilean people into a blanket revolutionary statement, Sun invokes the voices of the chanting street singers, the people at the very start of it all.